No one's heard your song just yet,
A song of flame and fire,
Always leaping higher
Until the dying sun's last set.
If you must cling to something
Grab your hopes and dreams
With both blistered hands
And hold on -
for the world burns beneath you.
They say it's always darkest before the dawn,
But then again, they've never met you-
The firebird, whose song can call flash floods,
Sending trees through the air,
and lighting unending wildfires.
You'll need your dreams, your hopes, even your fears.
For there's nothing else you'll leave untouched.
Hermione was busy, working on Potions. Of course, she also needed to finish that Ancient Runes assignment, and when she finished that...
Which was why she was so startled when Parvati and Lavender plopped on the bed beside her - on both sides. They each grabbed one of her shoulders, pulling her up and out of the book she was reading.
"Hermione" they singsonged together. "We're having a sleepover!" They clapped their hands together. "Tonight!"
"Um, Okay," Hermione said, still reading, pondering whether bubotuberpus was really the best ingredient, or if powdered pixie wings might do a better job.
"You're coming!" They both said, "And we're staying up alllll night loooong!"
"No! But... it's a schoolnight" Hermione looked up, shocked.
"Doesn't matter. You need a break, girl. Studying too much is totally not good for you."
Hermione lunged for her book, which Parvati had already stealthily been sliding under her pillow.
"Oh no you don't!" Lavender giggled, pinning Hermione's arms behind her back.
Hermione suffered through most of the sleepover, giving the girls a few poems to look at. The last one, though, had her near to tears. "I'm not that bad, am i?"
"Hermione!" Padma said, hitting her with a pillow. "You of all people should know that you wouldn't mess with a good thing!"
[a/n: Leave a review. I did promise dark, didn't i?
Second chapter for the day.]